Mikhail
Gorbachev, the former USSR’s
President, has marked his
80th birthday in gala style at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The great
politician, who in the West is known as "the man who
changed the world”, has picked
the people who are changing the epoch.
USE SOLAR, SAVE LIVES
Among others, the Acceleration
Prize, which recognizes scientists, has
been awarded to Kenyan engineer Evans
Vadongo (also CNN Hero 2010)
for creating the cheap solar powered lanterns. The lanterns,
according to SDFA Kenya's program, help to improve education
standards, reduce respiratory and eye
related diseases, reduce climate
change as well as reduce poverty, in the poorest
rural communities in Kenya.
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The
investment data presented in the Pew Clean Energy Program's
new
report, Who's Winning
the Clean Energy Race? 2010 Edition,
show that countries are jockeying
for the leadership position in
this growing and increasingly competitive sector. Countries
with clear,
consistent and constructive clean energy policies are powering investment
forward.
2010 Rank
| Country
| Investments ($ billions)
| 1
| China
| 54.4
| 2
| Germany
| 41.2
| 3
| US
| 34.0
| 4
| Italy
| 13.9
| 5
| Rest of EU27
| 13.4
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